A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 51.6 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 51.6 km, -150.7914° West, 61.4077° North. Unique identifier: ak20273658. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20273658. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/10/18 / 2018-10-08 22:21:32 / October 8, 2018 @ 10:21 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 13:21:32 / 1:21 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lakes, Tanaina, Wasilla.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 46 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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